Its a scooper thing, it's less than 1/2 cup. So I pull 1/3 cup fill each bowl about half, chloe's slightly less because her weight is higher than norm so sayeth the vet. Basically the last several weigh-ins, a couple monthes ago, she was like 12 or 13 lb's and was getting bigger. Isabelle is actually perfect. I was giving them 1/2 cup but reduced it when the vet said Chloe was still over weight. They wanted me to play with the cats more but they do plenty of that with themselves. In fact some times I have to break them apart because they tend to over do it with each other. I know this because Isabelle playbites REALLY hard when I play with her. All of this just seems to get more complicated. I mean the last 2 cats I had I literally freefed them dry food and they both lived to about 12-13 years old and things seemed less complicated. Now with these 2 current cats I don't know why but it seems alot more complicated and I'm feeling overwhelmed. I have alot of mental problems and it seems I have grown near incapable of dealing with them especially now that I'm alone and by myself. At least years ago I had another person in our house to assist with this kind of thing. All this information has overloaded my brain and I am left even more confused than when I started *sigh*. I honestly do not want to give up my cats I love them, but at the same time I am left feeling too overwhelmed and my mental state deterioates and the strain of not being able to properly sleep only compounds the issue.
The problem with this is, they will want their food earlier each time, so lets say I do give in and give them food at 9 am, or hell even 8 am which has happened on occasion. They will then beg for food earlier than the appointed time knowing or thinking they are going to get food.
Again I'd freefeed but having doing that risks diabetes. I don't think I can freefeed wet cat food... I mean, I have enough trouble sleeping as it is and I don't want to wake up earlier. On the other hand it would be really REALLY hard for me to adjust my sleep schedule to feed my cats earlier so they get food earlier. It's like I'm sacrificing my sleep and my mental health even further by doing so.
This is going to be a little scattershot - sorry.
No, thats 1/3 cup 2 seperate times
sorry I have issues trying to explain myself if it comes off as confusing I apologize. I dip the food stick thing whatever it's called -_-, 1/3 at 10-11 am in the morning, and 1/3 at 10-11pm at night. So think of a double handful twice a day. If that makes it easier to understand.I've not really thought about a timed feeder, I suppose I could try it. I tend to give them snacks at 5 pm every day, though sometimes I forgot. And yes this is a behavorial thing. The clawing of my bed is them saying "I'm hungry it's time for us to be fed". I think they should get more food, like I said I'd love it for them to free feed whenever they wish but my outright fear of diabetes and what I had to put up with with my Matty I would have a nervous breakdown if I had to go through that again... And you have to understand, all kinds of people are giving me different information so it's hard to actually gauge what is right over what the other person thinks is right. If I can get away with wet food without causing other issues like teeth issues I will but because I simply cannot afford to have their teeth dealt with and lets face it, the vets have already pestered on several visits this year about how bad their teeth are yet I have no way of knowing if this is just a way to get money out of me or it's a legitimate concern. As for a routine I usually don't. As I said I have alot of mental issues which I don't really think I need to get into, so my days are really kind of a clustered mess. It's becoming more and more difficult for me to cope with my mental problems and now the cats. I find myself getting very upset with the cats for ripping up brand new bed sheets for their want of food. I simply cannot allow myself to grow angry with my cats because they are simply being cats. I love them dearly and I want to do what I can, within my power and current situation, to make them comfortable and happy. Needless to say they are well loved and happy but I can't neglect my mental situation to simply appease the cats.
Ya fish flavors tend to be very addictive for my cats or at least Isabelle
. I like chicken personally.
ya what I've decided is, I'll feed them dry food like I normally do at their morning and night times, and in between I'll give them each a half of a 30 ounce can of wet cat food like I just fed them now. So that way it should help with their appetite and still maintain proper balance of protein.
